Systems and methods for storing, analyzing, retrieving and displaying streaming medical data

1. A method of storing streaming physiological information obtained from a medical patient, the method comprising: by a computer system comprising computer hardware: receiving a first data stream from a patient monitor coupled with a patient, the first data stream comprising first physiological data corresponding to a first physiological parameter, a first parameter descriptor configured to describe the first physiological parameter, and first rate data regarding a first rate at which the first physiological data was measured; in response to receiving the first data stream, creating a first round-robin database (RRDB) file comprising a first header and the first physiological data, the first header comprising the first parameter descriptor and at least a portion of the first rate data; receiving a second data stream from the patient monitor, the second data stream comprising second physiological data corresponding to a second physiological parameter different from the first physiological parameter, a second parameter descriptor configured to describe the second physiological parameter, and second rate data regarding a second rate at which the second physiological data was measured, the second rate being different from the first rate; creating a second round-robin database (RRDB) file comprising a second header and the second physiological data, the second header comprising the second parameter descriptor and at least a portion of the second rate data; determining whether the first physiological data drops below a threshold level, and in response to the first physiological data dropping below a threshold level, causing the patient monitor to transmit the second physiological data at an increased rate over the second rate; receiving confidence data regarding the first and second physiological data, the confidence data comprising calculated confidence values regarding the first and second physiological data; and storing only those portions of the first and second physiological data in the first and second RRDB files where the calculated confidence corresponding to the first and second physiological data meets a predetermined confidence level.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first physiological parameter is SpO 2 and the second physiological parameter is respiratory rate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in response to the first physiological data returning above the threshold level, causing the patient monitor to again transmit the second physiological data at the second rate.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second parameter descriptors implement an extensible markup language (XML) specification.

5. A system for storing streaming physiological information obtained from a medical patient, the system comprising: a network management module configured to: receive a first data stream from a patient monitor coupled with a patient, the first data stream comprising first physiological data corresponding to a first physiological parameter, a first parameter descriptor configured to describe the first physiological parameter, and first rate data regarding a first rate at which the first physiological data was measured, receive a second data stream from the patient monitor, the second data stream comprising second physiological data corresponding to a second physiological parameter different from the first physiological parameter, a second parameter descriptor configured to describe the second physiological parameter, and second rate data regarding a second rate at which the second physiological data was measured, the second rate being different from the first rate, and receive confidence data regarding the first and second physiological data, the confidence data comprising calculated confidence values regarding the first and second physiological data; and a round-robin database (RRDB) management module comprising computer hardware, the RRDB management module configured to: create a first RRDB file in response to receiving the first data stream, the first RRDB file comprising a first header and the first physiological data, the first header comprising the first parameter descriptor and at least a portion of the first rate data, create a second RRDB file in response to receiving the second data stream, the second RRDB file comprising a second header and the second physiological data, the second header comprising the second parameter descriptor and at least a portion of the second rate data, in response to the first physiological data dropping below a threshold level, receive the second physiological data from the patient monitor at an increased rate over the second rate, and store only those values of the first and second physiological data in the first and second RRDB files where the received confidence data corresponding to the first and second physiological data meets a predetermined confidence level.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the first physiological parameter is SpO 2 and the second physiological parameter is respiratory rate.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the RRDB management module is further configured to, in response to the first physiological data returning above the threshold level, cause the patient monitor to again transmit the second physiological data at the second rate.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the first and second parameter descriptors implement an extensible markup language (XML) specification.

9. The system of claim 5 , wherein the network management module is implemented by the computer system.

10. The system of claim 5 , wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of computing devices.